Getting hired

Los Angeles Times archives

In the early 1960s, Walt Disney, center, hired the Shermans to write "Strummin' Song" as staff songwriters at Walt Disney Studios after seeing the success of Annette Funicello's cover of "Tall Paul," which had been their first top ten hit.

In the early 1960s, Walt Disney, center, hired the Shermans to write "Strummin' Song" as staff songwriters at Walt Disney Studios after seeing the success of Annette Funicello's cover of "Tall Paul," which had been their first top ten hit. (Los Angeles Times archives)

In the early 1960s, Walt Disney, center, hired the Shermans to write "Strummin' Song" as staff songwriters at Walt Disney Studios after seeing the success of Annette Funicello's cover of "Tall Paul," which had been their first top ten hit.